Yeah, I have a ton of respect for his skill as a producer.. He seems to be a natural, which leaves me very jealous. I'll be honest I try to not like his tracks because he's super popular with a more mainstream crowd, but when his tracks come on, I find my head and shoulders bobbing along.

It also sheds another light on, for me, to know he doesn't really like DJing. Kind of good of him to get out there and play shows, since the fans, I'm sure, really want to see him live. I'm sure getting paid decent amount to do shows doesn't hurt his motivations either, but nonetheless, good on him.

I met him, briefly, a couple times a while back, and thought he seemed like a solid guy. I've seen a lot of negative stuff come out of him since which made me lose a bit of respect. It would still be nice to see him work a little harder on the DJ aspect, I feel like he's got a natural talent that could make him great. Also, a little more variety in what he plays would be great. A little more variety in what you play means that when you do drop your own big bombs, the crowd will appreciate it all the more. Wolfgang Gartner seems to do a good job of this.. Another guy who's productions I've usually enjoyed, and a producer first, DJ second. When I saw him play though, he did a great job.

It goes a little deeper than that, though. A huge aspect of electronic music is the audience (I would say more so than most other types of music), and many people in the mainstream crowd wouldn't understand a lot of the etiquette or appreciate the subtleties of EDM. I, for one, go to EDM shows just as much for the community as the music, and it really kills me when I see a bunch of guys who 5 years ago would have had nothing to do with this kind of music just abusing drugs and being obnoxious assholes at a show.

Overall Deadmau5 seems like a pretty cool dude. I've heard some stories of him being a dick, but I've also heard stories of him coming back later and apologizing for being a dick. I've seen nights on tumblr where he stayed up super late while depressed and just answering questions for fans for HOURS. Outside of Mr Rogers, I don't think anyone will be nice all the time, celebrities just have the negative stuff noticed more.

I would love to see him be a better DJ, I think he'd do a fantastic job, but I'm not really expecting it from him. I'll just keep enjoying the studio releases.